New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-21
OBITUARY.
uORATIO G. BROOKS.

roratio G. Brooks, president OF Tue an.,.rv
Rrooks Locomotive Works died yesterday u his
- III. homo In Dunkirk N. I. ne haa WIZ So ~
q. his tbe low er grades of rairoading 10 % quo
We, We. n r. an unusually large and prohtape on'oiP
p I " .oe elected Mayor OF Dunkirk anu was o
% the strong personal figures OF the eA'ro"0
part of the State ,.th N H. October
Oh ioos In 1888 his parents moveu W DV'e.'
" n where for six years he picked up wha' ~ 20
t;on he could in tho public schools III - 81 bs
b;s deligbt he was allowed to enter tne snop -
cousins, Isaac and Seth Adams az oou. .ono toward
macbnist,s appre ntice His tastes ran s'ronsy 80 90
locomotive building and in 1916 with tne con9en.
his employers he went into tine shops " t. Is4s
and Maine Railroad, then at AndoVer Mass. .. 1o.rn
when but twenty years old ne WA s0ns odo a reo.
the road as q fireman, anu III A0'o "
Tno - wear he left Boston in charge OF Engine NO
on made by Hncklcy & Drury tor the Newt ork nnu
Eric Railroad, then building de cross. '.S nrnt;rL
state by wa, of the Erie Canal ana reachou
~ Novsmber 1880 blowing the hrst ioco noo =.
| b;stle in the county of Chautauqua' frou ~
| AKA he did duty the Erie road as au u, go ora
when Charles Mnot, his old freha VI sno - tho Erie
| ~. ACKNOWLEDGMENT superintendent VI '.o -
puood-to,k charge of the Ohio ana miss9o'Pp
NJ Rrooks followed his fortunes, serving az Tas -
mechanic of the western road uh. 90 tho maater
was called back to Dunkiik TO oecome .no ,as an.
,aohoric of the Erie shops In 1907 no "' s ap
,ad unerntendent OF the Western Division o. t th
ra;lway still retaining, however III, po n snnerin
Dnnkirk shop. In March, lo6o, NC peo - tla entire
tendent OF motive power anu '
leaqth of the road. ri. p;,.oos In October
lie resigned from tho Erie kalifoa nn !" ~ Dun
eco 90 Lease on his own account the snoP ut isad
ioo' 10 President Gould had ordered to DO e'osoI
kl rk. He had made his home there anu WIZ
his usual public spirit could f broken up The brooks
i I1omoti,c Works were promptly organiIsou ,a;n
,,roWntly made reputation, which they na'' 'n"'
L M rooks was man of broad hearty and gem,
o aura and OF an intense vitality ana emery. iii
thing that he was In as Of an exceptionally
> VII s,oref MIND and an executive aDhi'I ", e
highest quality. He was an afuen nroectye tariff an,
a,uest Repubican He abored hard 'er tne 5aU
r as of the Presidential ticket IN the iast - H,
c. d was greatly disappointed with the deiea. u an
n anu was snayed mo- pains 70 secure the comfort an
&c p au Of his employees. He believed Una. sS 10
labor deserved generous ro" be secure
u ON! the workingman in American In manu n
OF tories was under the protective ,or '"t the con
nj tt and welfare OF the men under hini' au III"
The friend and adviser OF any OF t no in Il
all ,o,tIo IJe was generous and sYhpa'no's ~ be
it. hoD, decree He kept bis works open i9r tno 20
zee cit of his men many months men .IJ that
IN locomotive building was so tb,, he sent out
M sd N intelligent interest in all the great pun
Questions of the day. and desSteG w. ma ters
zen Zoo nigh and broad views OF Nauonai ,sgestio
lis po,, he could dis ,uss the arguments anu sues
led bearing these supjec's. ~, hvs,cal streuyth
in II. ;,hin n few wears during which ne SUM,
to much from rheumatism, he was one % ~, anywke
and ertul men physically who couu 20 H. ma re ell,
the In his youth he had often display 90 overwbe
nor physical powers in such mannGr as strong men
III and put to shame the chainPioi
Mr. Books was devoted father a9s
much attached to his ian HAIRS often required
e @ in NcwYOrk ana in 0tas spen pa at bis
era eoud d ho,a in New Hampshire sometimes III n9
sse 1UeSitions Ia Canada or Maine, ano sp"o'i w.
bout isl,nd If Nantucket. I'll. uroa,t Of n,
the La 1851 he married hiss ~ hoo three daus ht
ever Edgccombe. Maine bs het nv ., Rnf,lo and
nan two oil whom Mrs ,'eo' 81 18th his wife
Mr. Salamo, OF Los Angeles; NY ;hols died two v
Cap him. Another daughter 'i'''
the ago - lama tortune the result OF
10 I'D Mr. Brooks leaves ar gu rho deyelopmei
yer bis extensi, G locomotive works